A short list of books that support your development of self, and perhaps, nurture your appetite for continuous self-improvement.
Simply reading them won’t guarantee that you’ll learn and apply anything. Books give you the tools to achieve emotional perseverance, mental strength, intellectual capacity, new mental processes, inspiration, intelligence; they don’t guarantee that you’ll use them well. Reading them again every few years, you get more and insights, since you are able to associate their teachings with more experiences from your life.
Sun Tzu - The art of war
You will learn to choose your battles wisely.
Robert Greene - The Laws of Human Nature
You will learn basic human psychodynamics, and how to use them to your advantage.
Robert Greene - The 48 Laws of Power
You will learn to be skeptical of everyone, since you’ll be aware of the subtle ways in which people are manipulating you.
V - The Mafia Manager
You will learn important leadership and management skills.
Robert Kiyosaki - Rich dad poor dad
You will learn how to adopt an abundance mindset.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self Reliance
You will learn about self-reliance and self-actualisation.
Thomas Sowell - Basic Economics
You will learn true common-sense economics, and how humans interact in an economy. You will also learn to spot basic lies that politicians spew at you about economic policy.
Robert Moore - King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
You will learn the various manifestations of masculinity and the male psyche.
Steven Pressfield - The War of Art
You will learn about the creative struggle.
Anthony B. Carey - The Pain-Free Program: A Proven Method to Relieve Back, Neck, Shoulder, and Joint Pain
You will learn to avoid destructive orthopaedic operations by relieve your joint pain caused by muscle imbalances.
John Milton - Paradise Lost
Not a “self-growth” book per se, but, you will learn perspective and that there is more to life than just “black and white” or “good and evil”.